Radio is so cutthroat, but I do feel like the music industry is structured so differently than it used to be. I'm amazed and in awe of artists who can build a parallel universe that's so big and clearly defined that the mainstream finally has to pay attention.

I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.

Do not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't mean it's done.

Success will come. Or it won't. But I think you can only make a go at it in a big way by fully being yourself and taking risks. People can feel risks.

I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.

No one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.